UW Biotron Offers 48 Weather Situations
The Biotron at the University of Wisconsin opens a $4.8 million facility housing 48 climate rooms, each with its own computer control to simulate arctic cold to desert heat and other conditions. Researchers study environmental pollution effects on living beings including a bean leaf canary project led by Dr. Theodore W. Tibbetts.
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Madison, Wis
Biotron
University of Wisconsin
Canaries
Theodore W. Tibbetts
University of Wisconsin Department of Horticulture
GM Calls in Labor Relations Chiefs in GM UAW Standoff
GM called in labor relations chiefs as UAW and company progress stalls on local bargaining. About 344000 strikers and 365000 workers off payroll face two month wage gaps with short strike benefits and 30,000 local demands. Mansfield urged police respect after a year with 86 officers killed on duty.
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General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Respect Police
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Nixon Signs Rail Order To Block Nationwide Strike
Acting with great reluctance the Nixon administration blocks a 60 day rail strike by four unions at 160 rail lines. President Nixon signs executive orders barring the walkout and creates a five member board to probe the dispute. If Congress does not act, unions may strike after 60 days.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Unknown Factors Hold Balance in Jordan War
U S military officials judge it a matter of time before Palestinian guerrillas are defeated by Jordan's royal army of about 50 000 Bedouin loyalists equipped with Western arms. Guerrillas are believed to number no more than 12 000, while unknown Iraqi and Syrian forces loom to complicate the conflict.
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U.S
Jordan
Hussein
Pentagon
Mideast
Cheese Days 1970 in Monroe Brims With Swiss Hospitality
Green County’s Cheese Days 1970 in Monroe draws thousands to Courthouse Square and First United Methodist Church with an art fair, Swiss cheesemaking displays, yodeling, drum and bugle corps, and a 125-unit parade. The event honors local dairy heritage from 1869 onward and features a large street dance, inter-faith service, and family celebrations marking a long-standing community festival.
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Nixon Watches Jordan Crisis
President Nixon keeps continuous watch from Camp David on the Jordan crisis with over 400 Americans in the country and possible American intervention if Iraq or Syria enter the civil war. Defense moves reinforce Mediterranean forces as diplomatic efforts seek a peace path with Israel.
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Cheese Days Spirit Shines at Monroe Junior High Windows
Junior high students join Cheese Days notables with display windows facing East. Swiss cheese wheels, a heart with a mouse, and a banner quote kickoff the event as contributors expand to Weasel's Jail House Tap and others. Monroe Square blocks off as tents go up and vendors prepare for two big days of festivities.
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Green County
Weasel’s Jail House Tap
Thomas J. Schuetz
Lawrence Kieffer
Bruni-Miller Company
Monroe Square
A hijacked plane lands in Cuba after scare at Philadelphia
An explosives claim tied to a Boeing 727 hijack ends with the jet refueled at Philadelphia and bound for Havana. The Pittsburgh to Boston flight carried a three man crew and four stewardesses, passengers had deplaned before the hijack.
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Cuba
Philadelphia International
Allegheny Airlines
Pittsburgh
Ojukwu Finds Quiet Exile Secluded in Ivory Coast
Secessionist leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who headed Biafra during its war, has spent eight months in a peaceful upcountry town near Yamoussoukro in unobtrusive exile. He lives in a single story villa lent by President Felix Houphouet-Boigny and has pledged not to engage in politics to avoid affecting Nigeria relations and Ibos there.
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Yamoussoukro
Ivory Coast
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Biafra
Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Nigeria
Ojukwu
Fraternities Offer Rooms as Classrooms After Bombing
Seven University of Wisconsin fraternities supply living rooms as classrooms to replace space lost in the August 24 bombing of the Army Mathematics Research Center. The groups are Chi Phi Zeta Beta Tau Beta Theta Pi Phi Sigma Kappa Delta Upsilon Kappa Sigma and Theta Chi.
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Madison
Univerity of Wisconsin
Army Mathematics Research Center
Chi Phi
Zeta Beta Tau
Beta Theta Pi
Phi Sigma Kappa
Delta Upsilon
Kappa Sigma
Theta Chi
Nixon to visit Yugoslavia on European trip
The White House announced that President Nixon will expand his European journey later this month to include a visit to Communist Yugoslavia. It would mark the first time a U.S. president has visited the country.
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Washington
Nixon
Yugoslavia
White House
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